Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-09
FAvORITE FLYERS.

FAvORITE FLYERS.
VoIante Victorious at COncy Is.
Iand.- Yesterdays Contests.
CoNEY ISLAND, September s.
Weather pleasant and track fast.
First race, one mile selling. Red
stone and Queen Bess tied for first
place; Cary third. Time AZ. Elev-
en- starters. The tie was run off at the
close and Redstone won in l "A
Queen Bess taking second money.
Three-quarters of mile, Cleaner
stakes for two-year olds. Ballston won,
King Crab second, Terragon third.
Time :15h. Fifteen starters.
One and three-quarter miles, Sep
tember stakes. Kingston won, Con-
nemara second, Miss Ford third.
Time :0434. Four starters.
Seven-eights of mile, Flight
stakes. Stuyvesant won, Touche Pas
second, Florence third. Time 1:28.
Nine starters.
One and five-eighth miles-Volante
won. Tenbooker second, Windsail
third. Time, $50. Five starters.
One and one-eighth miles, on the
turf-Jennie B won, Tattler second,
Pasha third. Time, l :5S. Eight start
ers.
AT NIAGARA FALLS.
NIAGARA, September 8.-Weather
pleasant, track fast.
First race, seven-eighths of mile,
selling-Glendon won, Peacock Sec
ond, Laura Garrison third. Time,
:314. Six starters.
Mile heats-Grey Cloud won in two
straight heats, Top Sawyer second,
Barnum third. Time, :43I. Three
starters.
One and one-half miles-Dousman
won; Royal Arch second, Myrtle
third. Time, 2:4Oh. Five starters.
Ono and one-quarter miles, hurdle
Leroy won; Charm second, Mem
tmore.. third. Time, 2:2l1a. Eight
starters.
| THE HAMPTON PARK MEET.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass, September s.
Three thousand persons attended the
races at Hampton Park this after
noon. The track was in fair condi-
ton, considering the heavy rain last
night.
2:25 class (unfin ished)-Volkyr
won the first and second heats; Lady
Whitefeet the third and fifth, and
Screwdriver the fourth. Best time.
2:24R.
Free-for-all unfinished )-Astral took
the first and third heats; Beson the
second and fourth, and Spafford the
fifth. Best time, 2 :21.
BAY DISTRICT RACES.
SAN Francisco, September Sat
the Bay District track to-day the spe-
cial programme included two events
both of which were trotting, best
three in five.
First race, 2:40 class, purse $500.
Starters Jennie Mccarthy, Maggie E,
Old Nick, Perihelion, Gertrude Rus.
sell, Howard, Allo and 4nez. Old
Nick won by a length, Allor second
Maggie f third. Time, 2 n.
| Second heat, Old Nick broke within
100 feet of wire, Allo winning in
2:2514, Periheli on second.
Third heat, Old Nick was an easy
winner by five lengths from Perihe
lion, Inez third. Time, 2:2334.
Second race, 25 class, purse $1,000
Starters, Marine, Woodruff and Jane
L. First heat, Woodruff won in 2 PA
Jane L. second.
Second heat, Jane L. and Woodruff
came under the wire together in q
dead heat in 2 :23.
Jane L. won the third heat easily.
Woodruff second, Marin third. Time,
2:2334.
Jane l.. took the fourth and fifth
heats in 2:22 and 2:23, Woodruff Sec
ond, Marin third.
The events closed with purse for
three-year-olds of $500, Sable, Wilks
and Soudan starters. Wilks won in
three straight heats; best time,2 :2711a
GRASS vALvEY's CONTESTS.
GRASS VALLEY, September S.-The
first race to-day was for district horses
that had never beaten 2:50, three in
five, mile heats; purse, 5000. The
starters were Coon, Dinah and Lizzie
Mack. First heat, Lizzie won in 2 IA
and the second in 245. The third
heat Dinah won in 2 AZ, the fourth in
2:43h and the fifth heat in 2 "A, Civ
ing Dinah the race.
Second race, trotting, three in five,
mile heats, purse $500. The starters
were Longfellow, Burton and Artist.
Burton took the first heat in 2 ;261Ra
The second heat was won by Artist in
2:26L, and Longfellow took the third
heat in 2 :25, the fourth in 2:26 and
the fifth in 2:26.
Last race, running, half mile, for
800, two in three. The starters were
Norton, Blue Bonnet and Minnie r.
Bonnet won the first heat in 40 Sec
onds, and Minnie r. the second heat
| in 491a seconds. The race was post
poned on account of darkness.
| REDDING's REPORT.
REDDING, September 8.-The pro-
gramme OF the races to-day included
a novelty race of four entries. Little
Cap took the first quarter, time 26
seconds; Sleepy Dick the half-mile
pole in 511a; A. A. p. the three
quarter pole in "a. The home plate
and race won by Little Cap in 1874
The rider of Menlo was thrown
near the quarter pole and seriously
injured.
Trotting race, one mile heat, best
three in five, between Mayboy, Lady
Lightfoot and Neipt. Mayboy won
the first and second heats in 2:491a
and 24S; Neipt distanced. In the
third heat Mayboy distanced Lady
Lightfoot, winning the heat and race
in :43.
A quarter of mile dash between
Johnny Allen and Gyp was won by
the latter. Time, Pill.